I had an unexpected great day of riding in Switzerland in late August --
here's some photos of farmland riding on bike route 9 in Simmental:
http://roberts-1.com/t/b08/ch/k/d

Lots of riders (including me) think of Switzerland as a place for riding the
high mountains -- but I'm finding it also has some of the prettiest farmland
riding I've found so far in Europe or North America -- (somehow seems
unfair.)
Anybody got a suggestion for some more pretty farmland riding in the valleys
of Switzerland?

The Simmental area is west from the Thunersee (Lake Thun) and east from
Gstaad and the Saanenmöser pass -
. . . (see on map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...,0.455246&z=11)

My focus was on high mountain passes, but I needed a way to connect from
Martigny to Interlaken, and that took me thru Zweisimmen and Boltigen and
Wimmis. First I rode on the main road going east from Saanenmöser thru
Zweisimmen to Wimmis near Spiez -- which had some fun downhill sections, but
mostly too much traffic. So then I rode west up bike route 9, mostly off the
main road -- sometimes on dirt/gravel -- and it was great, prettier than
lots of the high mountain passes.

All but one of my photos is between Wimmis and Reidenbach, so a way to ride
that section in the direction more down than up might be to take the train
from near Wimmis or Spiez west up to the Boltigen train station, then ride
west (mostly on the sidewalk) from Boltigen to Reidenbach, then south a
little to hit bike route 9. Or for more riding on bike route 9, could take
the train further up west to Zweisimmen -- or to Saanenmöser. Or if want to
do some more substantial climbing, could even take the train down the other
side of the pass to Saanen or Gstaad.
for some details about that riding see on this page:
http://roberts-1.com/b/v/e/08c/#Saan..._to_Zweisimmen

Ken